Ball-and-socket pipe-union.



W. um-01m HALL AND SOUKET PIPE UNION.

. APPLICATION FILED MAR 29, 1911.

Patented 0011.28.1913.

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ai'aaliiaaiiaai' Ma a mm To 1x21 whom may coaibem "oiiiaem of? tho Uaiimi Shatea, reaidiag a;

Iiiiuo i-hiii, in iii-a comiigy of Lanoaaizor' and Stan; of Pennayivania, have invented cox tain new and useful improvements in Bailami-Hmtimt Pipe-Unions, oi? which 163 fob having is a apacificaiion, aei oronoa being; had thm-eia to the accompanying i Lawi g.

This invention Mia! a who a hail and socket pipe-anion of aha-i; which may In ompioyad for use to join the, and oi a pipe to convoy a vapoa, such afeam or a iiqai l.

The ohj'oaa of the iii-mafia vide a pipaamion thia ch: ohoap iiairahio, eiiiciaa iati ooaazai oi parts he oaaii v iaa Q ami'iwii habha by W611i", m cause. iaahago.

iimoishoa objoai, of time invention to consalami. a (iovice of this kind that; shall, by iis mow-i construction, conatitnte a right joint Without employing any gaskets or packing of other material than metai.

Siiii another ohi eoi is to provide a con-- piing that Wiih Wien being izightoheih ad- :oif fro the ana Whiah iha attach ma; t. as an: aet *Wiii poi-i1 to aaeh other.

With thaae aafi iii-haw objects Zia flow my invention conaists in certain ooiis zi'uciimi and combination oi paws as Wiii har'oiaaifter be 'fuily described and claimed in the annexed specification, ami ilhistrai'eci in the acuompanying drawings, which form a. part of this application, and in which like figures of reference refer to corz'msponsziing" arts in aii of the views; but it is fully understood that While i have hare described my iavea tion as shown, ihai: I do not confine myaoii to the exact design, as siigght images may be ma io in tho construction anti arranga meat of the sevarai {mats Without departing from tho spirit of t ie invenbion.

In the drawings: Figure 1, is acentral longitudinal sectional View of my d6ViCQ sho'win tho position of Hie various parts when t m cmmecting pipca'aro in line with each othol'. Fig. :2, is a similar View, show-- ing the position of the parts when tho connoctiing pipes stand at an an lo to each mile-1'. Fig. 3, a piaa view oi: l'viw acijnatb- :u'iie packing ring; a, is an end Vif+W of the halimexraber.

Rofm'aiag; the drawin gga, my imorowii union or aoaypiii'ig coi'api'isaa the 111mm whiah 'Ea fk'llili'iflfli w' h him roar of appifoaimaixaiy paairiaai foam hi5 at iiigar'soiaaairima of Lairbaaa atom t.

yiihai wiih an onoirvlingg' g aom'o iforming; a moth aih'ipgiiaii in ac aha ii'anao of Hm coiiaix Tho i aim 1mm ififiii "a? a. the osaai i aoirow tin-Pads; for aidachmenk toihe pan: 5 oihor mamboi' (i, is formbci 'Wiih a an; or waahaporiTacoma '2', in th within w. h is piacei'i a of -;i-m."-ao' maizm'iah s'aah as; othw aaii- .f'iil'i/ii il moiai, "which wii'h a having; ii-ha came aa, adapted to i'o- 'W Mm haii omi 2 memha i. iiiaid member 6 liiiwili Vii'iWi i a 1 Hip Mama! ihi sainwii i5; ah V thiaziaiia 1?, mH. ihe i'mri-npi ioa i. coilhfi" or nut Tim coilasr (a: mi; fox-mail with him contra] oriiico 155, within which is piacof tho nminher j}; and said not P i: aha: pa r)- mm with Hm iii-\Ilfifi 14:, whh 15 Wiililil'i aaid nut i i 12, and resting on the aoai- 1m jliaiahio pachmg ring 16, which oi ('iifiifikili #:haa'i iha inizra'iog' niii If an; 12 so 'ihai can ad" Milk-rant poaii-ii: when by i'ho m 4 I that if tho pipes 5. ami 1H), :u'o aii'aooi as in Pig. ii, the ring m m be ovnira] in reiation to the not. 152; and if he pipes 5, and 10, sia'ml at an magic to ouch otho shown in Pig. 3, tho ring 16,, wiii assume the position aha-rein showm and in this way, there wiii h yn'ovidod. a tight g'oiai uncier ail positions of tho pipes; wiihin the iimiis of the conpiin! Wiih this comamcii-on Mae SiIJTfEih on tho out 152 is even (hating: its (al iiiYfG cii'oum'h:roam, and also an oven ormmi'e is maiatainmi in thov packing}; ring; as Waii. Having thus s 'i'ihed my invention What i: claim a2; now and desire to aacare by Lotters Patent- 'ihm-comhiaation in a pi mamicm of tho class (iescribmh of a sooicot member formed with an attaching shank, a oupshapoii ring of bearing maieriai' attached to the face that-(mfg a half member engaging: said ring. said ball member having; a rounded head. a shank a grooved nook iritvirpma-ui haiawoeu ha head and shank, and an email-aha; shoulder "Sarah-(i upon tho head anti wpacoci thereon to uwgago vthe end of tho 5 at morniwr adjawm' HM? icing a conpii :aui; izhroa dad upon iliwawn momma, :a

mi in one or ahimhim 3, and a thin saii not is an ami hes-as Mama 1 is viragiain opium justs it selfto different angles of the pipe;

said opening being curved toengage the union, and makes a tight packing at all 10 grooved neck when the shoulder of the head "times. I

engages the'end of the socket member, and In testimony whereof I affix my signature a curved packing ring Within'said coupling in presence of two witnesses. nntfor engagement Will the head, the omen WAYNE STAFFORD. 1 diameter of said packin ring being lese I than the inner diameter the coupling nut, whereby said packing ring automatically ad- VVi tnesses:

Jon J THOMPSON, \VM. J. Cowman. 

